What 2 decades of coding taught me is, it all depends on the company. We all aspire to write clean code that scale. But most often then not, you inherit the cod

What 2 decades of coding taught me is, it all depends on the company. We all aspire to write clean code that scale. But most often then not, you inherit the code. If you work for a company that is built to sell, you will code fast and break things. Each feature is a show case to future buyers. If you work with "experts", you will write clean, scalable code that no one will buy. The priority is the code, not the product. If you are lucky, you'll work in a company that is profitable without a hyped up product. Here you have the bandwidth to refactor. I've worked in several companies that are built to sell. Tech debt is ignored unless there is a major breach.